GECKO Mini-Symposium at the ISMA 2024 Conference

The GECKO Mini-Symposium at the ISMA 2024 Conference served as a key platform for disseminating the project’s latest research advancements to the scientific community. This event showcased innovative methodologies in vibration and noise engineering, highlighting GECKO’s contributions to Isogeometric Analysis (IGA), computational modeling, and CAD-CAE integration.

Bringing together leading researchers and industry experts, the symposium fostered collaboration, knowledge exchange, and discussions on cutting-edge technologies. By participating in this international forum, GECKO strengthened its outreach, ensuring that its developments contribute to both academic research and industrial applications.

Oral presentations

  • Le, P., Panagiotopoulos, D., and Deckers, E., ‘Model order reduction of isogeometric BEM systems via Krylov subspace recycling’, Flanders Make @ KU Leuven.
  • Antonelli, N., Gorgi, A., Aristio, R., Zorrilla, R., Rossi, R., Scovazzi, G., and Wüchner, R., ‘Application of the isogeometric shifted boundary method to the Poisson problem’, CIMNE.
  • Aristio, R., Alkhlaifat, M., Camarotti, J. I., and Wüchner, R., ‘CAD-integrated isogeometric analysis of trimmed multipatch shells for transient non-linear problems‘, Technische Universität Braunschweig.
  • Pagonas, A., Radtke, L., Torre, M., Hughes, T. J. R., Düster, A., Sangalli, G., and Reali, A., ‘Immersed IGA and mass lumping for explicit dynamics of 1D structural elements’, University of Pavia.

SEMNI-GIMC Workshop: A Collaborative Meeting Between the Spanish and Italian Societies

The SEMNI-GIMC Workshop provided a unique platform for collaboration between the Spanish (SEMNI) and Italian (GIMC) scientific communities, bringing together researchers and experts in computational mechanics. This meeting facilitated knowledge exchange, discussion of innovative methodologies, and exploration of joint research opportunities within the field.

As part of the GECKO project’s dissemination efforts, the workshop strengthened international cooperation, fostering new connections and synergies between academia and industry. By engaging with both societies, GECKO contributed to the advancement of computational modeling techniques and promoted its research within the broader European scientific landscape.

Online Industry Meeting (IDIADA, Toyota, ANSA, LS-DYNA)

As part of GECKO’s commitment to aligning research with industry needs, GECKO assits to the periodic online industry meetings organized by IDIADA, bringing together key business partners, including Toyota, ANSA, and LS-DYNA. These meetings serve as a platform for knowledge exchange, industry feedback, and discussion of real-world applications of GECKO’s developments.

By fostering collaboration between academia and industry, these meetings ensure that GECKO’s methodologies and computational tools are relevant, scalable, and applicable to automotive, engineering, and manufacturing sectors. The engagement with industry leaders strengthens the project’s impact and potential for real-world implementation.

ECCOMAS 2024 CONFERENCE

The ECCOMAS 2024 Conference in Lisbon provided an international platform to disseminate GECKO research on computational mechanics and CAD-CAE integration. The presented work focused on the integration of the Shifted Boundary Method (SBM) with Isogeometric Analysis (IGA), addressing robust embedded discretizations for complex geometries.

Oral presentation

  • Antonelli, N., Rossi, R., Zorrilla, R., Aristio, R., Wüchner, R., and Scovazzi, G., ‘The Shifted Boundary Method (SBM) in Isogeometric Analysis (IGA)’.

CEYDA 2024 CONFERENCE

The CEYDA 2024 Conference in Bilbao allowed the dissemination of recent progress on shifted boundary techniques and immersogeometric analysis. The contribution presented embedded IGA strategies aimed at improving the treatment of complex CAD geometries in numerical simulations.

Oral presentation

  • Antonelli, N., Gorgi, A., Rossi, R., Zorrilla, R., and Scovazzi, G., ‘Advances in the combination of the Shifted Boundary and the Immersogeometric Analysis’.

WCCM 2024 CONFERENCE

The WCCM 2024 Conference in Vancouver represented a major international venue for presenting advances in computational mechanics. The contribution addressed the use of shifted boundary techniques for isogeometric analysis on trimmed surfaces, in line with GECKO’s objective of developing robust CAD-integrated simulation workflows.

Oral presentation

  • Scovazzi, G., Antonelli, N., Aristio, R., Zorrilla, R., Rossi, R., and Wüchner, R., ‘A shifted boundary approach to Isogeometric Analysis on trimmed surfaces’.

YIC 2025 CONFERENCE

The YIC 2025 Conference in Pescara provided an opportunity to present GECKO-related developments to the young researchers’ community in computational mechanics. The contribution focused on the application of the Shifted Boundary Method in IGA to structural and contact mechanics problems.

Oral presentation

  • Gorgi, A., Li, K., Antonelli, N., Cornejo, A., Rossi, R., and Scovazzi, G., ‘The Shifted Boundary Method in IGA for Structural and Contact Mechanics Problems’.
  • L. Venta Viñuela , H. Verhelst , A. Mantzaflaris , C. Giannelli , A. Reali. ‘Adaptive Isogeometric Analysis of the Cahn–Hilliard Equation’.

NOVEM 2025: 8th International Conference on Noise and Vibration Emerging Methods

NOVEM 2025 was held from May 6–8, 2025, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. This specialized international forum addresses cutting-edge developments in acoustics, structural vibration, and noise control, providing a key venue for academic and industrial researchers to evaluate emerging theoretical paradigms and engineering applications.

Oral presentation

  • Le, P., Panagiotopoulos, D., Deckers, E. (2025). A hyper-efficient Model order reduction method for large-scale acoustic indirect BEM-systems.

IGA 2025: The Thirteenth International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis

IGA 2025 – The Thirteenth International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis took place from September 14–17, 2025, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The conference brought together researchers and industry professionals to discuss the latest developments in isogeometric analysis, with a focus on advanced numerical methods, computational mechanics, and engineering applications. It provided an international platform for presenting innovative research, exchanging knowledge, and exploring emerging challenges and opportunities in the field.

For more information, visit the official IGA 2025 website.

Oral presentation

HOFEIM 2026 CONFERENCE

The HOFEIM 2026 Conference in Siena provided an opportunity to disseminate developments related to the Shifted Boundary Method in Isogeometric Analysis. The contribution presented recent advances on embedded IGA formulations and their application to complex-geometry simulations.

Presentation

  • Scovazzi, G., Antonelli, N., Gorgi, A., Zorrilla, R., Rossi, R., Cornejo, A., Aristio, R., and Wüchner, R., ‘The shifted boundary method in isogeometric analysis’.

ECCOMAS 2026 CONFERENCE

The WCCM-ECCOMAS 2026 Congress was held at the ICM International Congress Center Messe München in Munich, Germany, from July 19 to 24, 2026.

This premier scientific event gathered thousands of global researchers to discuss the latest advancements in Computational Mechanics and Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, focusing on digital twin technologies, sustainable engineering solutions, and advanced numerical simulations.

Oral presentations

  • R. Zorrilla , N. Antonelli , A. Gorgi , R. Rossi , G. Scovazzi, ‘Multipatch Coupling via a Gap-Based Shifted Boundary Method: Applications to Isogeometric Analysis’.
  • K. Li , A. Gorgi , R. Rossi , G. Scovazzi, ‘The Shifted Boundary Method for Contact Problems’.
  • A. Gorgi , K. Li , N. Antonelli , A. Cornejo , R. Rossi , G. Scovazzi, ‘Unfitted Contact Mechanics in Isogeometric Analysis via the Shifted Boundary Method’.
  • L. Venta Viñuela , H. Verhelst , A. Mantzaflaris , C. Giannelli , A. Reali. ‘Adaptive Isogeometric Analysis of the Cahn–Hilliard Equation with THB-splines’.

Forum Acusticum 2026

Forum Acusticum 2026, the 11th European Acoustics Association Congress held from September 8 to 12, 2026, in Graz, Austria, was a premier international platform gathering leading global experts to share advancements in acoustic research, noise control, and sound technologies.

Oral presentation

  • Le, P., Panagiotopoulos, D., Inci, E.O., Deckers, E. (2026). Efficient CAD-based broadband acoustic analysis and shape design using reduced-order IGABEM models. In: Proceedings of Forum Acusticum 2026.

G+Smo Developer days 2026

The G+Smo Developer Days 2026 successfully brought together researchers, developers, and engineers from January 12 to January 15, 2026, at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. This annual event focuses on the development and application of G+Smo (Geometry + Simulation Modules), an open-source C++ library for Isogeometric Analysis (IGA). The workshop serves as a collaborative hub to bridge the gap between geometric design and numerical simulation.

Oral presentation

  • Lucas Venta Viñuela,UNIPV.’Adaptive Isogeometric Phase-Field Modeling in G+Smo’.